THE REAL TRUTH OF WARS

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Posted on 31st January 2012 by Administrator in Economy |Politics |Social Issues

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  1. Administrator says:

    “Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes; and armies, and debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few. In war, too, the discretionary power of the Executive is extended; its influence in dealing out offices, honors, and emoluments is multiplied; and all the means of seducing the minds, are added to those of subduing the force, of the people. The same malignant aspect in republicanism may be traced in the inequality of fortunes, and the opportunities of fraud, growing out of a state of war, and in the degeneracy of manners and of morals engendered by both. No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.”

    – James Madison, “Political Observations” (1795-04-20); also in Letters and Other Writings of James Madison (1865), Vol. IV, p. 491.

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    31st January 2012 at 2:10 pm

  2. AWD says:

    “But a country that has been taken over by its military industry cannot permit peace. It must make war — either against its own people or against some other people. Having no suitable enemies (after the Soviet Union collapsed), the deficit-fatted pentagon, its rich lobbyists and the nation’s lard-butt patriots had to find some unsuitable ones.

    One of our new, old-fashioned conservative friends explained what happened next:

    They turned to the Mideast. Why? As enemies, the Arabs/Muslims have several advantages:

    * There are not many in the continental US; not enough to influence elections or run much of a counter-propaganda campaign

    * There’s oil in the Mideast; the oil companies contribute a lot of money to campaign coffers. And oil really is a strategic commodity

    * Americans don’t understand Arabs or Muslims…yahoo Christians don’t trust them. The Jews hate them.

    * They can’t really do us much harm. We can fight them forever…at huge expense and never win or lose.

    * It allows us to make common cause with Israel’s right-wingers…and brings in a lot campaign money from Jewish groups. That’s why all the Republican candidates — except Ron Paul — are pro-war.”

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    31st January 2012 at 2:43 pm

  3. flash says:

    Yeah , but what about the Muslim threat?..we hafta’ fight them over there ,else they’ll be over here threatening our right to own bacon!

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    31st January 2012 at 3:29 pm

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